Independent People's Party (Luxembourg)

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The Independent People's Party (German: Unabhängige Volkspartei) was a political party in Luxembourg.

History

The party won five of the 53 seats in the 1918 Constitutional Assembly elections.^[1] In the general elections the following year it ran lists under different names in the different regions; in the Centre and Est it ran as "Independent People's Party", in Nord it ran as "Free People's Party", whilst in Sud it ran as "People's Party". In total it won two of the 48 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

The party did not contest any further elections.

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1253 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Political parties in Luxembourg

Chamber of Deputies	Christian Social People's Party (23) Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (13) Democratic Party (13) The Greens (6) Alternative Democratic Reform Party (3) The Left (2)

Extraparliamentary	Citizens' List Communist Party Pirate Party Party for Full Democracy

Defunct parties

Pre-1945	Free List of Farmers, the Middle Class and Workers Independent National Party Independent Party of the Right Independent People's Party Left Liberals Liberal League Liberal Party National Independent Union Party of Farmers and the Middle Class Party of Independents of the East Party of the Right Progressive Democratic Party of the North Radical Liberal Party Radical Party Radical Socialist Party Volksdeutsche Bewegung

Post-1945	Communist League Enrôlés de Force Free Party Green and Liberal Alliance Independent Socialist Party National Movement New Left Popular Independent Movement Social Democratic Party The Taxpayer Party of the Third Age Popular Independent Movement Revolutionary Socialist Party

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